Hide-suspending rack.



C. HElNZEN.

HIDE SUSPENDING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MMLZQ, 1915.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

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CHARLES HEINZEN, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

HIDE-SUSPENDING RACK.

Application filed March 29, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HEINZEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hide- Suspending Racks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in leather suspending racks and more particularly to the devices for connecting the leather to the supporting bars or rails thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and eflicient devices for connecting green leather sides to the supporting sticks or rack bars by the use of which the life of the bars is greatly prolonged and which adapts the bar to support a hide or skin at each side thereof.

Another object is to provide a device of this character by the use of which a great saving in time and labor is effected in the hanging, stretching and rehanging of the leather sides and the damage thereto is greatly reduced.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel fea tures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of one of these improved racks showing a leather side supported thereby; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the leather supporting devices carried by the bar.

The improved leather supporting rack contemplated by the present invention, comprises a plurality of bars or sticks as 1, any desired number of which may be employed and which are supported by any suitable means with one edge extending downwardly and the other edge upwardly. Hide connecting elements 2 are carried by these bars 1 at intervals, being spaced apart any suitable or desired distance according to the hide which is to be supported thereby and which are here shown in the form of substantially inverted T-shaped members having inwardly extended pointed terminals Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

Serial No. 17,927.

3 at the free ends of the head 4:, said pointed terminals 3 extending substantially parallel with the shank 5, being inclined slightly outward toward their free ends. The inner edge of the head 4 at the bases of the pointed terminals 3 is curved to facilitate the engagement and supporting of the leather by the hooks formed by the cooperation of the terminals 3 with the laterally extending arms of the head 4. The free end of the shank 5 is sharpened to facilitate its engagement with the bar 1 and said shank is designed to be driven into the bottom edge of said bar which is here shown transversely slotted at 6 to receive the'head 4 of the member 52, said head being disposed transversely across said bar with the pointed terminals 3 thereof extending upwardly and spaced laterally from the sides of said bar to provide for the ready insertion of the leather between them and said bar. The slot 6 in the lower edge of the bar 1 prevents these members 2 from turning in the bar and they are also preferably made of a depth equal to the width of said heads 4: to provide for the engagement of said heads in said slots with the outer edges thereof disposed flush with the lower edges of the bar when applied so as to offer no obstructing or engaging points for catching in the hides to be suspended. These shanks 5 are of a length sufficient to extend entirely through the bars 1 and after they have been inserted, the terminals thereof are bent over and clenched on the upper face or edges of the bars, thereby securely holding the members 2 in operative engagement with the bars to enable them to reliably support the hides to be mounted thereon. These inverted T-shaped hangers or suspending devices 2, are constructed of brass as this is the only metal known which will not be corroded by the acids used in tanning and with which the hides are usually impregnated before being suspended on the racks. From the foregoing description, it will be obvious that by the use of these hangers 2, one bar may be employed for supporting two hides at each side thereof, the hides being engaged with the pointed terminals 3 which project upwardly on both sides of the bar.

In the use of this rack, the edges of the hides engage with the pointed terminals 3 of the hangers 2, said terminals slipping easily through the hides without greatly damaging them and the hides may be readily disengaged therefrom by simply lifting them off the hooks formed by the terminals 3, thereby avoiding the necessity of nailing and drawing out nails for connecting the hides to the bars.

The bar 1 is provided with a plurality of bores 7 which extend from edge to edge thereof intersecting the slots 6 midway the ends of said slots and which are designed to receive the shanks 5 of the hangers 2 which after being passed through said bores, have their free ends which project above the upper edges of the bars 1 bent downwardly and clenched in engagement with said bars.

I claim as my invention:

1, A hide suspending rack comprising a supporting bar having a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally extending slots in the lower edge thereof, bores extending edgewise through said bars and intersecting said slots intermediately the length thereof, and T-shaped hangers having the heads thereof disposed in said slots and the shanks thereof extending through said bQres, the free ends of said shanks projecting beyond the upper edge of the bar and bent over and clenched.

2, A hide suspending rack comprising a supporting bar having a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally extending slots in the lower edge thereof, bores extending edgewise through said bars and intersecting said slots intermediately the length thereof, and T-shaped hangers having the heads thereof disposed in said slots and the shanks thereof extending through said bores, the free ends of said shanks projecting beyond the upper edge of the bar and bent over and clenched, the inner faces of said heads at the bases of said hooks being curved.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HEINZEN.

Witnesses RALPH SMITH, WILHELM VOLDENIIAUER.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Yatcntt, Washington, D, 0. 

